Family History Essay

Family History Mr. Martinez was born on June 12th in 1983 in San Diego, California to the union of his biological parents, Raul Martinez and Maria Morris. He has two living sisters and one brother. One of his sisters passed away when Mr. Martinez was six years old after being involved in a car accident. Mr. Martinez stated that his childhood was initially supportive, loving and “happy,” however that changed when his father began using and drinking. Between ages six and 12, Mr. Martinez, he and…

Have you ever wonder who you were? Or perhaps you don’t fit quite in with your family. I constantly wonder “Who Am I?” I really never took the time to just really evaluate my family and where we come from. My family is very distance from one another, so that always leave me curious about myself. Over the last few weeks I discovered some valuable information about my family history, religion, and community. I even took the time out to learn about the community I live in now. I was surprised…

Yunzhe Wang Family History Narrative “A simple decision can change the world”, this is a few things I learned from movies and fiction novels. But I know there are millions of children who are desired to move to the big city and to find a job to change their life. The same idea lasts from generation to generation. But it’s never an easy thing to do. There are many ways for people to accomplish their goals, like business and marriage, but these can sometimes become controversial. The only thing…

store was built on nothing but the foundation of family. The small company has spread all around the Iron Range, giving that sense of family to all who have visited. The Zupancich’s have carried on their family traditions for over a century, making their family name well known, along with their famous “Zup’s” sausages. Throughout the many years of service, the family traditions have been passed along from generation to generation to continue the family legacy. The company now has 5 stores;…

My life history starts with my last name - Bistritzan. Bistritzan translates to swift river because my ancestors come from an area called Bistriţa which is a mountainous region in today’s northern Romania. For many years the most I knew about my life was that my great-grandparents came to Canada and were farmers. I learned Romanian culture through my grandmother’s cooking and the few words my Mosho (grandfather) would teach me. Most of my life I thought that my family history was pretty…

cultural history and how it affects me as well as my master statuses. I will identify where my ancestors are from, my family’s values and traditions, which traditions I chose to pass on or not, how the traditions stand up to traditional versions of the culture, how my worldview has been affected, and where I land in terms of master statuses and privilege. This paper will be used as a tool to explore the diversity in my family and how it will affect me as a clinician. Family History: My family…

Family History When tragedy strikes it does not hit you until you see it with your own eyes yet alone endure it in your own history. Each day mankind must live in the silent battle between good and evil. On December 14th of 2012 in Newton, Connecticut evil won. Twenty children were fatally shot all between the ages of six and seven years old, as well as six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Prior to the shooting Adam Lanza, the shooter, shot and killed his mother in their own…

I can’t say that our family history has been shared among the younger generation very much. And if it was, I was very young and don’t really remember much of the tales. There are a lot of holes that I have wanted to fill for a while. Funny enough my plan is to go visit my grandmother after this semester, to get her to record our history for the future generations in our family. Anyway, my family narrative focuses on the women in my family. I have always viewed my grandmother as a…

Locating my family history: In order to get the information to my family chronology, I talked to my parents. One weekend I went home and sat down with both my mom and dad and asked them questions. Originally I had tried to go on sites like ancestry.com but I could not find any real leads unless I had to pay money. Eventually down the line (maybe when I have a real job) I will definitely get a full access ancestry.com account and maybe even do the DNA test. The questions about me, my siblings,…

were not here during the larger national events in our past. Thus, for my family history paper I will be concentrating on a family friend of ours who lives in Oregon. She and her husband came from India to the U.S as immigrants in 1968 and have been living in the U.S for the past 49 years, moving here for job reasons. One of the key events I will be studying is the effect of the Vietnam war on immigration. Most of her family reside in the states now, so I plan on finding out what the procedure…